Members of the cultural vanguard have a disproportionate impact on our zeitgeist. They don’t deserve their status in the vanguard unless they’re willing to enga

Members of the cultural vanguard have a disproportionate impact on our zeitgeist. They don’t deserve their status in the vanguard unless they’re willing to engage in synchronous discussion at near-zero marginal cost using the most human digital communication medium in history. They don’t even need to dawn VR headsets. They can log on in 2D or, in the future, use lightweight AR glasses (hence "VR-style" chat).